Sony Cybershot DSC-T200 8.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sony Cybershot DSC-T200 8.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
Customer Review: Perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
Gostei muito da máquina, muito boa, atende a todas as necessidades, além de ser prática pequena é muito potente!!!!
abs,
Customer Review: Poor battery life. Poor indoor images.
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this camera for my father and used it for a few days. The main thing a camera is supposed to do, i.e. take pictures, it does badly. Indoor photos look very artificial, so I had to tweak the settings quite a bit for the quality to become acceptable.
The other thing: the battery goes very fast. I had to buy a spare battery for him, since it wouldn't last during a day-trip.
My advice: look elsewhere. Try the Canon compact cameras.
Customer Review: Camera..Just ok
Summary: 3 Stars
I got this camera a few weeks ago, I was very excited to receive it. The touch screen works pretty well, no problems with that. The battery life is lousy. Maybe 50-75 photos, maybe. My canon SD630 lasted double or triple that. The photos look fine, nothing amazing. The camera is a bit bulky and I'm probably going to return it. Not thrilled. I give it a 6.5 out of 10.
Scott
Customer Review: Very disappointing follow up to my T100
Summary: 2 Stars
I wanted a camera that would sit in my pocket wherever I was and that I could whip out whenever, take a shot and pop it away again. I wanted to get photos in the pub, in houses, out in parks, wherever. The photos would then sit in my Windows Media Center and play as slideshows (on my TV) while my Music is playing.
The T100 was great. While the focus wasn't ideal (a bit 'soft'), it took great snaps with 'actual' representations of where I was without the use of a flash. So the indoor/evening shots were a true reflection of what it was like to be there. I fell utterly in love with the camera without realising it. Until I dropped it into the Irish Sea.
I was devastated. Gutted. Really gutted. I missed that last set of photos (sailing around the south coast of Ireland over four days and there were some amazing scenes in there - now they sleep with the fishes) 'cos they were irreplaceable but I was going straight out to buy that brilliant camera again. It was superb.
Unfortunately, I then found that I would not be able to buy another one as they were end-of-line and none of the local stores stocked them. So I figured I'd go for its updated brother, the T200.
It's now 6 months later and I'm really disappointed. The OS has changed so the three basic presets that I used to use are gone and the new versions don't deliver photos that are even good, let alone near the quality of it's predecessor. I used to 'wow' people with the photos it took. Now they're blurry messes, overexposed startlers or underexposed duds.
I have spent a few mornings, afternoons and evenings trying out various settings, using stands to prevent blur on low exposure settings (which I never needed to do with the T100) and experimenting with the new OS features to no avail. So unhappy overall.
I'm stuck with it though, so I have learned to enjoy some benefits. Both cameras tolerated rain and water well but being touch screen the T200 feels more waterproof and, surprisingly, more robust. The touch screen works even when I've got my gloves on. The large screen is nice but don't be fooled: the 'widescreen' is actually a zoomed and cropped 4:3 so a nice viewfinder picture actually means a poorer quality resultant image! The focus is still more 'soft' than I would like but that wasn't a realistic issue for me before (but I should mention it because what's the point of 8.1 Megapixels when they give the focus quality of three or four megapixels).
One thing that both the T100 and T200 still impress with is the video. Taking video with the little jeans-pocket sized gizmo is brilliant. It's a much better video camera than I had counted on (as was its older brother).
So for me, great video and nicely waterproof but a disappointing camera in much the way that I find most cameras out there disappointing (I want something that takes true, good photos of my life). Better than most but can't fill the shoes of the T100, which was - to me - groundbreaking.
Oh, and the gadgets are fun but never seem to work properly at crunch time - before the moment is lost. I did have a lot of fun one night in the pub, turning on the smile feature and telling people not to smile. It kept going off taking photos and they laughed harder each time, making it take more and more photos. Actually got some good shots that time... so not all bad. But I give it two for being so inferior to the T100. Otherwise I would have given it three stars.
Customer Review: Warning for those who intend to use the DSC T200 to display photos....
Summary: 2 Stars
Overall, the DSC T200 disappoints. What led me to purchase it was the large screen - I enjoy looking at my photos and displaying them as much as I enjoy taking photographs.
In a nutshell, the problem is that this camera will not display those photos taken by certain other camera makers - certainly Nikon, based on my experience. Nor will it display any photos previously uploaded using computer programs or those photos which have been cropped or digitally altered. Of course, because all of my other cameras use SD cards, there's that hassle, as well.
The DSC T200 seems to dislike any photos with tag marks that have an underscore. Photos taken by a Pentax are tagged with CIMG. They upload to the DSC T200 properly. So do photos taken on a Casio. But no luck with cameras taken with Nikons (they are tagged with a DSC_). The photos will upload but then show up as a 'file error'.
When I called Sony, the representative pointed me to the section in the manual which states that Sony does not guarantee the ability to upload photos. He suggested changing the pic identifier, but it didn't work. You have been warned. If there's something I can do to fix this problem, please feel free to let me know.
Picture quality of those pictures it takes is good, but show up on the screen as alarmingly pixellated.
Battery is weak and will need to be re-charged frequently. It's also difficult to handle and the zoon lens is extraordinarily tiny, making the process of taking photos a pain.
Still unsure about whether to return this. Regardless, a disappointment.